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Acies vs Abies - What's the difference?

acies | abies |

As nouns the difference between acies and abies

is that acies is (obsolete) the full attention of one's sight, hearing or other senses, as directed towards a particular object while abies is a tree of the genus abies .

As a verb abies is

(aby).

acies

English

Noun

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  • (obsolete) The full attention of one's sight, hearing or other senses, as directed towards a particular object.
  • * 1658': And therefore providence hath arched and paved the great house of the world, with colours of mediocrity, that is, blew and green, above and below the sight, moderately terminating the '''''acies'' of the eye. — Sir Thomas Browne, ''The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 204)

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    abies

    English

    Etymology 1

    Alternative forms

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    Verb

    (head)
  • (aby)

    • Etymology 2

    From the genus name Abies.

    Noun

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  • A tree of the genus Abies .
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